Letter dated 10/12/07 - Environmental Protection Agency [PDF] or [text] - Reply to the notification letter regarding a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on the proposed SBAR Panel for National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total Coliform Monitoring and Analytical Requirements and Consideration of Distribution System Issues (TCR Rule)

Letter dated 02/06/03 - Office of Management and Budget [PDF] or [text] - In response to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affair's (OIRA) report to Congress entitled, "Stimulating Smarter Regulation," which listed 267 rules recommended for reform. The Office of Advocacy highlighted 30 regulations and guidance documents that are high priorities for reform to benefit small businesses

Letter dated 4/20/98 - Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology - Final Rule under the Fastener Quality Act to allow for the use of quality assurance systems as a permissible alternative to the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Commerce's overall product testing and accreditation system for the fastener industry; 63 Fed. Reg. 18260, April 14, 1998

Letter Dated 12/06/96 - Small Business Committee - Letter to Chairman Christopher S. Bond in response to his correspondence regarding compliance and understanding of the Regulatory Flexibility Act as amended by the Small Business Regulatory enforcement Fairness Act of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Letter dated 12/05/97 - Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration - Total quantity and respective territorial shares of insular watches and watch movements which will be allowed to enter the United States free of duty in the calendar year 1998. 62 Fed. Reg., 59,829, November 5, 1997

Letter dated 04/07/00 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Effluent Limitation Guidelines Regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Letter dated 03/24/00 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicle Engines; Heavy-Duty Engine Standards and Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements proposed rule

Memorandum dated 03/22/00 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget - Comments during the Executive Order 12866 Interagency Review of EPA's Draft Notice of Data Availability regarding the Regulation of Radionuclides

Letter dated 03/3/00 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Industry including the Executive Summary

Letter dated 03/03/00 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the planned proposed rulemaking on Lead-based Paint; Certification and Training; Renovation and Remodeling Requirements

Letter dated 02/23/00 - Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management - Mining Claims Under General Mining Laws; Surface Management Supplemental Notice. Addressing the National Academy of Science study on the overall structure of the federal and state laws and regulations on mining reclamation and environmental considerations. 64 Fed. Reg., 57613 (October 26, 1999)

Letter dated 08/27/99 - New England Fishery Management Council - Proposals for the annual adjustment for the Atlantic sea scallop

Letter dated 08/25/99 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on Emissions Standards for New Compression-ignition and Spark-ignition Recreational Marine Engines including the Executive Summary

Letter dated 06/04/99 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the EPA's rulemaking on the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Arsenic in Drinking Water

Memorandum dated 06/02/99 - Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental significance of new draft proposal for the reporting of lead under the Toxic Release Inventory Program as a Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemical

Memorandum dated 05/25/99 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget - New draft proposal for the reporting of lead under the Toxic Release Inventory Program as a Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemical.

Letter dated 5/4/99 - Environmental Protection Agency - Response to the Notification Letter from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel for a rule regarding Control of Air Pollution From New Compression-ignition and Spark-ignition Recreational Marine Engines

Letter dated 10/19/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Filter Backwash Recycling rule

Letter dated 10/19/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment rule

Letter dated 09/18/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for EPA's rulemaking on the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Radon (Radon in Drinking Water Rule)

Letter dated 6/24/98 - Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; Bank Area Specific Harvest Guidelines; 63 Fed. Reg. 31,406 (June 9, 1998).Letter dated 06/09/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Ground Water Rule

Letter dated 4/24/98 - Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Draft Consideration of the Economic Effects and Potential Alternatives to the 1997 Quotas on the Atlantic Large Coastal Shark Fishery

Letter dated 4/17/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Federal implementation plans to reduce the regional transport of ozone in the eastern United States; findings of significant contribution and rulemaking on Section 126 petitions from eight northeastern states for purposes of reducing interstate ozone transport: Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business advocacy review panels

Letter dated 4/17/98 - Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service - Proposed rule on postlease operations concerning questioning the Minerals Management Service's (MMS) certification and provides guidance on the type of threshold analysis that is necessary for determining whether a proposal will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 63 Fed. Reg. 7,335 (February 13, 1998)

Letter Dated 02/13/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Ground Water Disinfection Rule; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel under Section 609(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996

Letter dated 01/23/98 - Environmental Protection Agency [html]. [text] or - Transmittal of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Report for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Pretreatment Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category Amicus Curiae Memorandum dated 01/7/98 - United States District Court - Of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiff's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Northwest Mining Association v. Babbitt, et al., case

Letter dated 11/13/97 - Environmental Protection Agency - Reply to the Environmental Protection Agency's notification of the initiation of a Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Panel for rulemaking to revise the Form 2C, Application Form for Facilities that Discharge Wastewater to U.S. Waters

Letter dated 10/21/97 - Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Commending NOAA for the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis performed for implementing the final management plan for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and the supplement to the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. Letter also suggests that NOAA use the FRFA and its supplement as a teaching tool for other regulators in its agency

Letter dated 10/14/97 - Environmental Protection Agency - Revisions to New Source Review (NSR) Regulations to Implement the New National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone and Particulate Matter; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel

Letter dated 10/02/97 - Environmental Protection Agency - Non-road Diesel Engines notice of proposed rulemaking. This rule was the first rule proposed by EPA subject to the provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Flexibility Act of 1996. (SBREFA)

Memo dated 9/25/97 - Environmental Protection Agency - Comments filed with the National Advisory Committee on Environmental Protection and Technology (NACEPT) Toxic Data Release Committee of EPA, regarding recommendations to update the Form A, which is the streamlined reporting form for the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory reporting requirements (Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986

Letter Dated 08/07/97 - Environmental Protection Agency - Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened on July 19, 1997, for EPA's proposed rulemakng to revise the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations under Clean Water Act Section 402(p)(6)

Letter Dated 11/26/96 - Environmental Protection Agency - Letter dated November 13 from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the proposed rulemaking regarding Control of Air Pollution from Nonroad Diesel Engines, notifying SBA of the possibility of convening a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel under Section 609(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act as amended by the new Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996

Letter Dated 10/28/96 - Environmental Protection Agency - Comments submitted by the Office of Advocacy on the TRI Form R, the form used to provide information about chemical releases and transfers under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, renewal request for OMB No. 2070-0143 (EPAICR No. 1363.05); 61 Fed. Reg. 45,964, August 30, 1996

Letter dated 9/21/98 - Department of Defense, Department of the Army - Response to Military Traffic Management command letter dated September 8, 1998, addressing the proposed implementation of the Defense Table of Official Distances and Compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act; 63 Fed. Reg. 31, 761 (June 10, 1998)

Letter dated 6/1/98 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Proposed and Final Rules on revisions to the Federal Acquisitions Regulation supplement on performance-based contracting and other miscellaneous revisions

Letter Dated 04/29/97- House Small Business Committee - Letter to Chairman James Talent as a follow-up to the April 10 hearing on the impact of certain procurement policies on small business. FAR Part 15

Letter dated 05/21/99 - Honorable Michael B. Enzi, U.S. Senate - Request for Advocacy's views on whether the Regulatory Flexibility Act should be amended to include the Mine Safety and Health Administration in the list of agencies subject to the small business advocacy review panel process

Letter dated 04/29/99 - U.S. General Accounting Office - Comments on the draft of the General Accounting Office's Report on uncertainties in analyses underlying the Federal Drug Administration's proposed regulation of ephedrine alkaloids in dietary supplements

Letter dated 01/27/99 – Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Initiating the formal Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act panel process for a rule to control the workplace risk associated with ergonomic hazards and requesting guidance on data submissions and reflecting on lessons learned from the health and safety program panel

Letter dated 11/18/98 - Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration - Failure to comply with the regulatory flexibility act in promulgating the final rule on revisions to payment policies and adjustments to the relative unites under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 1999, 63 Fed. Reg. 58,814(November 2,1998)

Letter dated 5/19/98 - Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service - Small business impact of the proposed rule for Milk in the New England and other marketing areas; 63 Fed. Reg. 4,802 (January 30, 1998)

Letter dated 01/23/98 - Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA requested that the Office of Advocacy waive the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act panel requirements for a negotiated rule for steel erection. On January 23, 1998 the Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy, after consulting with the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget and Affected small entities, granted OSHA's request to waive the panel

Letter dated 8/29/96 -- Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Confirming receipt of August 16, 1996 letter to Jere Glover pursuant to Section 244 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, 5 U.S.C. 609(b), that OSHA has developed a proposed rule to protect workers from occupational exposure to tuberculosis and that IRFA indicates that the rule may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities

Letter Dated 8/16/96 - Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Small Business Round Table held on July 23, 1996, to discuss OSHA's plans to establish a standards advisory committee for occupational exposure to metalworking fluids

Letter dated 7/25/96 -- Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) - Intent for rulemaking on passenger equipment safety standards. Follow-up on July 9, 1996, letter to FRA concerning the tourist railways which were not represented on the working group developing this rule

Testimony 2/10/99 - Internal Revenue Service - Russell Orban, Assistant Chief Counsel for Tax Policy of the Office of Advocacy, testified before an Internal Revenue Service panel regarding the Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

Testimony 5/21/97 - Internal Revenue Service - Russell Orban, Assistant Chief Counsel for Tax Policy of the Office of Advocacy, testified before an Internal Revenue Service panel regarding amendments to the Income Tax Regulations related to the definition of limited partners for tax purposes

Letter Dated 11/19/96 - Treasury, Internal Revenue Service - Proposed rule on amendments to the Income Tax Regulations related to the definition of reasonable basis for the purpose of accuracy-related penalty regulations under Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, 61 Fed. Reg., 58,020, November 12, 1996

Testimony Before the IRS dated 10/03/96 - Russell Orban, Assistant Chief Counsel for Tax of the Office of Advocacy, testified before the Internal Revenue Service on proposed regulations regarding qualified small business stock

Letter Dated 09/24/16 - Internal Revenue Service - Comments on changes being made to proposed IRS publication #334: "Tax Guide for Small Business"

Comments dated 9/15/00 - World Intellectual Property Organization -Proposing additional issues for consideration by the World Intellectual Property Organization in its second Internet domain name process

Comments dated 04/04/00 - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -addressing the small business impact of famous trademark protection on the Internet

Comments filed 03/28/00 - Federal Communications Commission -Regarding an improper certification that proposed changes to rules governing communcations between spectrum auction participants would not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small businesses; WT Docket No. 97-82

Letter dated 08/30/99 - Office of Management and Budget(OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - OMB Control Number 3060-0854, Notice of Public Information Collection Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval of the Truth-in-Billing Format Report and Order (CC Dkt. 98-170)

Brief dated 6/15/98 - Federal Communications Commission - Reply to opposition to petition for reconsideration of the fourth report and order in the matter of Toll Free Service Access Codes (CC Docket No. 95-155)

Letter Dated 12/31/96 - Federal Communications Commission - Letter to Honorable Dick Kempthorne of the U.S. Senate on the recently released proposed decision on telephone universal service support for rural areas. This proposal was made by the FCC-State Joint Board on Universal Service. CC Docket No. 96-45

Letter Dated 01/07/97 - Honorable Byron Dorgan, Honorable Ted Stevens, and Honorable J. Robert Kerrey of the U.S. Senate - Proposed rule on the decision by the Federal/State Joint Board on Universal Service proposes to cut universal service support for all rural small businesses. CC Docket 96-45